Highways and Infrastructure Professional Services Contract

As many organisations will be aware, Norfolk County Council ("NCC") recently conducted a procurement exercise for its highways professional services contract ("PSC") which it was unfortunately unable to conclude, and therefore it could not proceed to award a contract. NCC is currently reviewing the approach taken to that competition with the intention that it will, in due course, commence a new competition to replace the current PSC Contract, which is currently provided by WSP and expires on or before 31 March 2028 (the "Opportunity"). The intention is that the newly appointed PSC provider will work closely with Kier, NCC's recently mobilised term maintenance contractor (since April 2026).
NCC expects that the PSC will provide for professional services relating to topics including but not limited to highways, bridges and structures, travel and transport, spatial planning, economic development and strategy, environment, waste and infrastructure associated with NCC's estate and carbon assessments.
NCC anticipates that the services required under the PSC will be carried out collaboratively with NCC's in-house teams and will include:
- Highway design services, project delivery studies, stakeholder consultation studies, and specialist expertise required for the development of highway maintenance, asset management, and capital improvement schemes
- Design Services (feasibility, preliminary and detailed)
- Bridges and structures design and advisory services
- Business Case development in support of funding applications to funders such as DfT and Homes England (e.g., cost benefit analysis, carbon analysis, etc.)
- Archaeology and heritage advisory services
- Transport planning advisory services
- Intelligent transport services and Future Mobility Services design and advisory services
- Spatial planning (including master planning, planning applications, statutory services, carbon assessments and environmental impact assessments)
- Maritime services (including supporting...